Baling-press



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BALING PRESS.

No. 394,261. g? P atggte iDeo. 11, 1888.

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BALING PRESS.

No. 394,261. Patented Dec. 11 1888.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANTON FREYTAG, OF FLATONIA, TEXAS.

BALlNG-PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 394,261, dated December 11, 1888.

Application filed July 2, 1888. Serial No. 278,808. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANTON FREYTAG, of Flatonia, in the county of Fayette and State of Texas, have invented a new and Improved Baling-Press, of which the followin is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to an iinprox'enient in ba ling-presses, and has for its object to provide a simple, light, and durable press, which may be conveniently manipulated in either a vertical or horizontal position and readily transported in a field from stack. to stack of hay; and the further object of the invention is to provide a press wherein the hay maybe expeditiously and effectively baled by two persons.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar figures of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the press, partly broken away. Fig. 2 is a side elevation, partly broken away. Fig. 3 is a plan view, and Fig. 4 is a perspective view, of a modified form of the elevating mechanism.

In carrying out the invention the body of the press consists of a preferably open base, 10, formed by uniting or otherwise interlocking side beams, 11, and front and rear beams, 12. To the rear and sides of the base a series of perpendicular spaced boards or strong slats, 13, is secured, which boards or slats, bc ing suitably connected at their upper ends, constitute, respectively, the back and sides of the press.

Above the center of the press, at front and rear, horizontal cross-bars 1-1 are provided, united by rods 15, which rods extend transversely of the sides, as best shown in Fig. 2.

The front of the press is closed by two doors, 16 and 17, constructed in similar 1nanner to the sides and back, the upper door, 16, being adapted to cover the space intervening the top of the front cross-bar and the top of the press, and the lower door, 17, the space between the base and the under face of said cross-bar, as best shown in Fig. 1. The doors 16 and 17 are provided with suitable hinges, 18, and latches 19, which latter are made to engage with keepers 20, attached to the sides; thus, when desired, essentially the entire front of the press or a portion thereof may be opened for filling in thehay or extracting the bale.

A hinged top, 21, is provided for the press, opening from the front, and upon said top, at each side of the center at the forward edges, cleats 22 and 23 are horizontally secured, the mouth of one cleat facing to the front and the other to the rear, as best shown in Figs. 1 and 3. Staples 21 are inserted in the upper sides of the press, at or near the front, in which locking-bars 25 are pivoted extending horizontally over the top, the extremity of one bar being adapted to enter the mouth of the cleat 22 and the opposite bar the mouth of the cleat 23. By this means, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 3, the top is securely locked.

In order to readily disengage the bars, a button, 26, is pivoted between the cleats, the movement whereof is limited by an essentially U-shaped stop-plate, 27. The button 26 is so located that the opposite faces of its ends will be normally in contact with the inner extremities of the said locking-bars, as best shown in Fig.

The follower 23 is provided upon its upper face with a series of transverse grooves, 29, which preferably register with the spaces in the front and rear of the body, as best shown in Fig. 1, and from the ends of the follower two spaced lugs or bars, 30, are projected, extending horizontally outward through spaces in the sides, as illustrated in Fig. 2.

A longitudinally-slotted bar, 31, is perpendicularly secured to each side of the press at the center thereof, which bars extend from top to bottom. To the approaching inner walls of the said slotted bars a ratchet-bar, 32, is secured or cast integral therewith, which bars are provided with teeth upon both side edges, the teeth upon one side alternating with the teeth upon the opposite side, as best shown in Fig. 2.

A lever, 33, is passed transversely through the slotted bar 31, between the ratchet-bars, and two double pawls, 3%, are pivoted to said lever at the inserted end in such a manner that when the lever is reciprocated the fingers of one double pawl. will engage with the teeth upon one side of the ratchet-bar and the other pawl alternately engages with the teeth upon the opposite side of the said bar, as best shown in Fig. 2. The follower is elevated by means of a strap, 35, secured to the lugs 30, which strap is connected to the lever by a link, 36, attached to the latter between the pivotal points of the pawls. The two double pawls are united at their upper ends by a spring, 37, which retains them normally in engagement with the ratchets. A cord, rope, or chain, 38, is attached to the spring 37, which, leading upward, is passed over a pulley, 39,'at the top of the press and provided at its free end with a weight, 39.

In operation when it is desired to drop the follower a man at each side of the press pulls upon the cords 38, whereupon the upper ends of the pawls are brought together and the lower ends disengaged from the ratchets, permitting the follower to descend. To elevate the follower, each lever is worked by a man, and as the levers are raised one pawl will engage the ratchet and the other be lifted up a notch, and upon the downward stroke the for merly-disengaged pawl will hold and the op posite pawl be in its turn elevated, and so on until the several pawls have been made to walk up the ratchet-bars a sufficient distance.

If found desirable, the double pawl and the two ratchet-bars may be dispensed with and a single ratchet-bar having teeth upon opposite edges be substituted, in which event a single pawl only is employed, as illustrated in Fig. 4.

The anode of making the bale when in a vertical position is as follows: The lid and the upper door are opened and the body filled with hay and tramped down until level with the upper opening, whereupon the upper door is closed and the upper part thus filled. The binding-wire is now passed over the top of the hay, extending out through the front of the door, and the lid is closed. This being accomplished, the levers are manipulated and the follower raised to within about eighteen inches of the lid. The upper door is then opened again and the binding-wires are passed through the grooves in the follower and their ends united. By lifting the lid the bale is readily thrown out. YVhen the press is in a horizontal position, the lid is kept closed, the binding-wire being united at the lid before the hay is fed in, which is accomplished by opening the two doors.

opposite edges, levers, pawls pivoted to the said levers and engaging the teeth of the ratchet-bars, straps connecting the levers to the follower, springs connecting each pair of pawls together, and a cord or rope attached to the said springs, substantially as described.

3. In a baling-press, the combination, with the press-body and a follower therein, of lon- .gitudinally-slotted bars having alternating teeth on opposite edges, the said teeth being on both sides of the slot, levers passing through the said bars, spring-pressed pawls, each having two fingers pivoted to the said levers and engaging the ratchet-teeth, straps connecting the levers to the follower, and a cord or rope for disengaging the pawls from the ratchetteeth, substantially as herein shown and described.

4:. In a baling-press, the combination, with the press-body and a follower therein, of the longitudinally-slotted bars 31, the ratchetbars 32, secured to opposite edges of thesaid bars, the lever 33, passing through the slotted bars, the straps 35, secured to the said lever and follower, the pawls 34, pivoted to the lever 33, and the spring 27, having its ends secured to the upper ends of the said pawls, substantially as herein shown and described.

5. The combination, with the body of a baling-press and a lid hinged thereto, of spaced cleats horizontally secured to said lid, having their mouths facing in opposite directions, a button pivoted between the cleats, and locking-bars hinged to the body, retained by said cleats and engaging said button, substantially as shown and described.

ANTON FREYTAG.

WVitnesses:

O. P. BASFORD, J. G. MOORE. 

